Hazardous items and storage
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
GOLDEN YEARS CARE HOME I
8516 FOXBERRY COURT, Elk Grove CA 95624
6 bedsLatest official report Jul 3, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (916) 681-3726
- Licensee
- GOLDEN BERRY INC. (BERNARDINO, GRACE & RAFAEL)
- Administrator
- BERNARDINO, GRACE C.
- Contact
- BERNARDINO, GRACE C.
- License first date
- May 1, 2007
- License effective date
- May 1, 2007
- District office
- SACRAMENTO SOUTH ASC · (916) 263-4700
- Regional office
- 27
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jul 3, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jul 3, 2026
No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.
What Type A and Type B mean
- Type A
- Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
- Type B
- Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.
At a glance
Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 598 Sacramento County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 7 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 7
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 4
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
More than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
2 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
Repeated topics
Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(c)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) Except as specified in subsection (d), the licensee shall implement reasonable interventions in order to ensure that nutritional supplements, vitamins, alcohol, cigarettes and other potentially toxic substances, such as certain plants, gardening supplies, and auto supplies, are stored so as not to pose a hazard to residents. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation a pickaxe observed at the yard and a chainsaw was observed inside an unlocked storage, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/04/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator secured the pickaxe, put it in the storage and locked it. POC was completed during today's inspection.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Food serviceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87555(b)(21)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(21) Freezers of adequate size shall be maintained at a temperature of 0 degree F (-17.7 degree C), and refrigerators of adequate size shall maintain a maximum temperature of 40 degree F. (4 degree C). They shall be kept clean and food stored to enable adequate air circulation to maintain the above temperatures. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, freezer temperature was 46.6 Degree F which is not incompliance with Title 22 Regulation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/10/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator will provide training for the staff to maintain the refrigerator temperature with the maximum temperature of 40 degree F. (4 degree C). Licensee will send a picture of refrigerator thermometer showing the degree below 40 degree F. (4 degree C).
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Medication handling and storageType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87465(h)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above because a bottle of antiseptic was observed inside unlocked medication drawer which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/10/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator will provide training for staff on 87465 and send a copy of training completion document showing title of training, staff name and signature.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Pickaxe, scissors and garden claw were observed during physical inspection outside. They were accessible to residents which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/09/2025 Plan of Correction Grace will talk to the gardeners to make sure the tools are kept in a safe place. The tools were immediately removed and placed in a locked shed by staff. Corrected on site.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87458(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Prior to a person's acceptance as a resident, the licensee shall obtain documentation of a medical assessment, signed by a licensed medical professional acting within the scope of their practice and made within the last year, to be kept in the resident's record. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. 1 resident did not have medical assessment record on file for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/15/2025 Plan of Correction Grace will submit a statement of understanding of the regulation and send to Sommer Hayes via fax.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87507(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) The licensee shall complete an individual written admission agreement, as defined in Section 87101(a), with each resident or the resident's representative, if any. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, 2 residents did not have admissions agreement on file for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/15/2025 Plan of Correction Grace will submit a statement of understanding of the regulation and send to Sommer Hayes via fax.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87303(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPAs observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 87303(e)(2). LPAs observed hot water temperature measured at 125.8 degrees F. which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 04/08/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to adjust hot temperature and submit proof to CCLD by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Source and limits
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.
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